
Gritty Los Angeles garage rock with a theatrical sneer. High-energy riffs and raw vocals that feel like a sweat-soaked basement show at 1 AM.
Starcrawler emerged from the Los Angeles high school scene in 2015, quickly gaining notoriety for their visceral live performances led by frontwoman Arrow de Wilde. A.
lineage of The Runaways and the theatricality of Black Sabbath. De Wilde, the daughter of photographer Autumn de Wilde and drummer Aaron Sperske, brings a high-fashion-meets-horror aesthetic to the group, often performing in hospital gowns with fake blood. Their 2018 self-titled debut, produced by Ryan Adams, established a lo-fi, gritty template that was expanded upon in 2019's 'Devour You' and 2022's 'She Said', the latter of which introduced more polished production and Americana influences like pedal steel. Critically, they are viewed as a bridge between classic rock revivalism and modern punk, noted for their ability to translate 'shock rock' tropes into a contemporary context. A. sleaze rock.
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